The Committee appointed by Minister of Justice and Law Reforms Milinda Moragoda to come up with reforms in the field of Law, presented its findings to the Minister recently.


According to this report, the committee has recommended that the Law College entrance examinations consist of General Knowledge and IQ test, and Language papers, one in English and the other in Sinhalese/Tamil.


Further recommendations by the committee are that the candidates should posses a minimum of 2 credits at the GCE Advanced Level Examination, and be below the age of 35 years. It has also recommended that exams be conducted by the Open University of Sri Lanka, and all subjects be revised to include the new developments in Law into the syllabus of the Sri Lanka Law College.


The Minister having studied the recommendations directed ministry officials to implement the recommendations at its earliest and re-appoint the same committee to monitor the implementation of these recommendations.


Meanwhile the Ministry of Justice is contemplating setting up a legal information Centre for the benefit of litigants, lawyers and other interested citizens to facilitate them to obtain necessary information relating to the administration of justice in Sri Lanka.


It has also been suggested that the core areas such as Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Law of Persons and Property, and Commercial Law be taught with reference to basic principles and statutes. It is recommended that students should be given the opportunity of actively participating in the course through seminars.

Accordingly, Law College lectures will be conducted in all 3 languages while progressively introducing more subjects only in English. However students will be given the choice to answer the examinations in any Language.